As part of their Second Amendment Banquet, the Young Americans for Freedom at Clemson University will be giving away a prize to one lucky winner.

Nick James writes at the YAF blog.

Clemson Young Americans for Freedom to Give Away “Assault” Rifle

On April 19, the Clemson Young Americans for Freedom chapter will host its first ever Second Amendment Banquet and give away a free “assault” rifle.  The sad part about this event is that we can’t even give the winner their prize the night of the event because firearms are banned from campus by state law.  This unfair restriction of our right to bear arms is one of the reasons our club decided to host this event.

The idea for this event all started with a discussion at a chapter meeting.  After months of planning, our big idea is finally coming to fruition.  Our main motivation in putting this event together has been the recent talk of gun registration, which aims to limit our Second Amendment rights.  The amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  The framers of our great nation took great care in how they worded our founding documents.  With this in mind, I focus on the final portion of the text “…the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  In my opinion, it doesn’t get clearer than that: the right to own and use weapons should not be infringed.

But what is our government doing today?

The current powers in Washington are trying to take away our “assault style rifles,” put limits on our magazine capacity, and increase the cost and difficulty of owning a weapon.

Recent attempts at legislation have focused on a few, key issues. First, there has been a strong push to outlaw menacing-looking rifles, which gun control proponents falsely label as “assault weapons.”